Research handbook on cyberwarfare / Tim Stevens and Joe Devanny, editors.

Introduction to the Research Handbook on Cyberwarfare -- PART I Conceptualizing and Investigating Cyberwarfare -- War by any other name: a short history of the idea of cyberwarfare in the United States -- Conceptualizing cyberwarfare -- Cyberwarfare research methods -- Reporting on cyberwarfare: a conversation -- PART II Cyberwarfare Actors and Institutions -- Military cybercapacity: measures, drivers and effects -- Cyber intelligence: method or target? -- The meaning of cyberwarfare in Brazil -- Cyber proxies: covert state–non-state interactions in cyberwarfare -- Private authority and the political economy of private companies in cybersecurity crises and conflicts -- Civil society in cyberwarfare: hack-and-leaks, attribution and mobilization -- PART III Cyberwarfare Operations and Strategy -- Offensive cyber capabilities -- Do we need an effects-based approach for cyber operations? -- Deception in cyberwarfare -- Cyber coercion as a tool of statecraft: how often, how effective? -- Understanding cyber escalation: amplifiers and dampeners of conflict -- Countering non-state actors in cyberspace -- Territory, sovereignty and boundaries in digital battlespace -- PART IV Cyberwarfare Governance -- Cyberwarfare and international law -- Cyber arms control and counter proliferation: the limits of the possible -- Moral maze: ethics for cyber weapon systems -- Cyberwarfare norms and the attribution imperative: shaping responsible state behaviour in cyberspace -- Postscript: Reflections and future directions for research and practice on cyber in competition, crisis and armed conflict -- Index

This Research Handbook provides a rigorous analysis of cyberwarfare, a widely misunderstood field of contemporary conflict and geopolitical competition. Gathering insights from leading scholars and practitioners, it examines the actors involved in cyberwarfare, their objectives and strategies, and scrutinises the impact of cyberwarfare in a world dependent on connectivity. The Research Handbook on Cyberwarfare interrogates cyberwarfare as a form of military intelligence statecraft that seeks to exploit digital systems for operational and strategic advantage. Chapter authors address cyberwarfare in its conceptual, historical, operational and strategic dimensions, and explore the application of international law, norms, ethics and arms control to this area of conflict. They pose crucial questions about the utility of cyberwarfare and its effects on society and citizens, establishing foundations for future research on the topic as a fact of international life. Providing rich detail in an accessible and understandable manner, this Research Handbook is a vital resource for scholars and researchers of cyber conflict, international relations, and security studies. Its practical elements will also appeal to military and intelligence practitioners, as well as those interested in how cyberwarfare can be regulated to ameliorate its effects on society.